Acceptance of epilepsy surgery in the pediatric age - What the parents think and what the doctors can do

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-120

  Erba, Giuseppe ^a   Messina, Paolo ^b   Pupillo, Elisabetta ^b   Beghi, Ettore ^b  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Medical decision making; Parental attitude; Patient education; Pediatric epilepsy surgery; Physician education; Physicians' attitudes; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIST; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY SURGERY; PHYSICIAN EDUCATION; PHYSICIANS' ATTITUDES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84882257314     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.05.039     Document Type: Article

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